Mobile communication devices (MCDs), including cell phones and smart phones, have become an essential part of everyday life. Despite their frequent usage, most people, even healthcare personnel, often ignore the possibility that these devices might accumulate to carry a variety of microbial flora during and after the inspection of patients. The handling of MCDs with unwashed hands and/or their seldom cleaning can aggravate potential health risks. Many of the harbored bacteria species can be harmful to immune-suppressed patients for whom the disinfection precautions should be taken more seriously. In this review, we discuss the significance of maintaining the cleanliness of mobile devices, especially in healthcare settings, to prevent the spread of nosocomial infections in patients. Furthermore, we discuss strategies to address microbial contamination of MCDs to maintain good hand hygiene for the users of smartphones or other mobile communication devices. These techniques are capable of providing instant disinfection of the devices along with residual effects over prolonged periods. BACKGROUND There is an increasing incidence of cardiovascular diseases in Africa. Nurses' ability to undertake cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can significantly impact the survival of patients who experience cardiac arrest. OBJECTIVES We aimed to identify the effects of CPR training among Registered Nurse-Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-BSN) students in Mozambique. DESIGN A one-group pretest-posttest repeated-measures quasi-experimental design. SETTING Auditorium of a general hospital and 2 Anne manikins, but no automatic external defibrillator. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-two RN-BSN students. METHODS Students' attitudes and self-efficacy on CPR were measured by self-reported questionnaires three times (before, immediately after, and 20 weeks post intervention). Data were analyzed by the paired t-test and repeated-measures analysis of variance. RESULTS Attitude and self-efficacy scores of students on CPR significantly increased immediately after CPR training, but decreased 20 weeks after the intervention (p&nbsp; less then &nbsp;.001). Sociodemographic characteristics did not significantly differ throughout the measurements of attitude or self-efficacy. CONCLUSIONS CPR manikin training positively affected attitude and self-efficacy in CPR among RN-BSN nursing students immediately, but not at 20 weeks, after the training. There is a need for research to repeatedly quantify parameters in a controlled study at different intervals and develop an instructor-training course customized to Mozambique. BACKGROUND It is important for nurses to provide safe, high-quality care for patients, and clinical experiences allow nursing students to integrate theory into practice. However, many students have anxiety about clinical rotations. OBJECTIVES The concerns of nursing students about clinical experiences and factors relating to self-efficacy in a rural Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program were examined. DESIGN This was a mixed-methods study, and students were surveyed prior to and at the end of their clinical experiences. SETTING The study location is a public liberal arts university in the rural, southeast United States. PARTICIPANTS Junior level students (first and second semester) and senior level students (first and second semester) levels of BSN students participated in this project. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/perhexiline-maleate.html RESULTS Qualitative themes were identified, including concerns regarding clinical competence, expectations of learning, aspects of patient/peer/instructor interactions, as well as learning strategies and preferences. The student's level of confidence regarding communication to patients and physicians, assessment of heart and lung sounds, interview skills, documentation, and discussion of nursing procedures increased significantly from pre to post-survey. Confidence levels in physical assessment skills rose significantly after the clinical experience (t'&nbsp;=&nbsp;-6.3718 with 140 df, p&nbsp; less then &nbsp;.001). CONCLUSION Strategies that nurse educators can use prior to, during, and after the clinical experience to address student concerns about clinical experiences include the use of caring, competent clinical instructors, orientation to clinical sites, laboratory and simulation days, self-reflection, peer-support, and debriefing. Many neurological disorders are associated with excessive and/or uncontrolled cursing. The right prefrontal cortex has long been implicated in a diverse range of cognitive processes that underlie the propensity for cursing, including non-propositional language representation, emotion regulation, theory of mind, and affective arousal. Neurogenic cursing often poses significant negative social consequences, and there is no known behavioral intervention for this communicative disorder. We examined whether right vs. left lateralized prefrontal neurostimultion via tDCS could modulate taboo word production in neurotypical adults. We employed a pre/post design with a bilateral frontal electrode montage. Half the participants received left anodal and right cathodal stimulation; the remainder received the opposite polarity stimulation at the same anatomical loci. We employed physiological (pupillometry) and behavioral (reaction time) dependent measures as participants read aloud taboo and non-taboo words. Pupillary responses demonstrated a crossover reaction, suggestive of modulation of phasic arousal during cursing. Participants in the right anodal condition showed elevated pupil responses for taboo words post stimulation. In contrast, participants in the right cathodal condition showed relative dampening of pupil responses for taboo words post stimulation. We observed no effects of stimulation on response times. We interpret these findings as supporting modulation of right hemisphere affective arousal that disproportionately impacts taboo word processing. We discuss alternate accounts of the data and future applications to neurological disorders. SAG (Sensitive to Apoptosis Gene), also known as RBX2 or ROC2, is a RING component of CRL (Cullin-RING ligase), required for its activity. Our previous studies showed that Sag/Rbx2 co-operated with Kras or Pten loss to promote tumorigenesis in the lung and prostate, respectively, but antagonized Kras to inhibit skin tumorigenesis, suggesting a tissue/context dependent function of Sag. The role of SAG in KRAS-induced pancreatic tumorigenesis is unknown. In this study, we mined a cancer database and found that SAG is overexpressed in pancreatic cancer tissues and correlates with decreased patient survival. Whether Sag overexpression plays a causal role in pancreatic tumorigenesis is unknown. Here, we reported the generation of Sag transgenic mouse model alone (CS), or in combination with KrasG12D, driven by p48-Cre (KCS mice) for pancreatic specific Sag expression. Sag transgenic expression alone has no phenotypical abnormality, but in combination with KrasG12D promotes ADM (acinar-to-ductal metaplasia) conversion in vitro and mPanIN1 formation in vivo at the early stage, and impairs pancreatic functions at the late stage, as evidenced by poor glucose tolerance and significantly reduced α-Amylase activity, and induction of cytogenesis and acinar cell loss, eventually leading to atrophic pancreata and shortened mouse life-span.